About the Authors

Changhua Zhang

Affiliations Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America, Hamon Center for Therapeutic Oncology Research, Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America, Department of Gastrointestinopancreatic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Niranjan Awasthi

Affiliations Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America, Hamon Center for Therapeutic Oncology Research, Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Margaret A. Schwarz

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Stefan Hinz

Affiliations Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America, Hamon Center for Therapeutic Oncology Research, Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Roderich E. Schwarz

Roderich.Schwarz@utsouthwestern.edu

Affiliations Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America, Hamon Center for Therapeutic Oncology Research, Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RES CZ NA. Performed the experiments: CZ NA SH. Analyzed the data: CZ MAS RES. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RES. Wrote the paper: CZ NA RES.